Battlefield 2042 has made a big turn around in 2 years since it was released. Let's play and discuss the problems and potential future. Leave a LIKE and a comment, thanks for watching.
Although the games in a much better state, I still struggle to get over how basically all the maps feel soulless. Next battlefield has to nail the atmosphere of whichever setting they choose
The maps and overall look of the game, just isn't it. Bf4 will never be forgotten because of it's insanely amazing dynamics from sound to look to feel and let's not forget the immersion.
Black screens have happened to me since launch and they're still happening. This game is really weird. There's fun to be had, but at the same time I just hate many of the core things this game does.
i actually like the black screens .... play a few matches and then screen goes black and i just turn it off , get back to regular life ,,,, if it didn't turn go black i'd playing a lot longer lol
he's talking about the specific error, after you finish a multiplayer game or swap sides, it's only a recent issue...granted however I've had issues since launch also.
They've been a thing since BF1 if I remember correctly... Might have fixed it in the meantime, and it's a new similar issue that popped up now... but... I remember such an issue in BF1
I still remember in October 2021, while I was studying at the University, how I received videos from my friends sending me edits of them having bugs and funny moments in battlefield 2042 (One of them went viral making a video of the "real trailer" of battlefield 2042) and God. How quickly time goes by, I almost didn't even realize that this game was two years old lol
The franchise is like being in a domestic abuse relationship. It promises to be better, but ends up mentally and financially abusing you. It never apologises, just gaslights and pretends it’s you with the problem.
As someone who came from COD, I think we had it worse than from DICE LOL, but Battlefield is more enjoyable for me than COD lately, although I do agree with you.
I’ve tried to come back to BF 2042 several times since it came out, even talked my friends into checking it out time and time again after being burned so hard by the disastrous launch. Always gets stale after a couple of rounds, it just feels soulless compared to other BF titles, even BF V…
Should try looking through the portal servers. I mostly play rush/breakthrough but I only look for servers that are 128 players. Those servers are literally nothing but fun except playing rush on redacted. That’s the only poopy map on rush in my opinion. The regular Dice servers aren’t that much fun compared to portal
Went back to BF1 again recently and god it was so bloody beautiful it just made me really sad to think how far BF has fallen. 2042 is such an insult to the series in every way. Even the BF1 soundtrack just oozes epic and beautiful. I miss those days so bad.
With the news of the servers being shut down for the following BF games on December 8th, would love to see you make some videos on them. - Bad Company - 1943 - Bad Company 2 - Bad Company 2: Vietnam
I think that a relevant detail about the free weekend retaining a lot of players is that the game was on sale on steam specifically. Not on EA Client. So the platform that publicly reports their stats, got way more sales because they sold the game for 10€ It's not just that the free weekend wowed so many people ( some players it probably did) but also that a lot of people could finally bring themselves to buy the game now that it wouldn't sting as bad. This is of course subject to my memory, so... I'm not infallible
I still miss the sense of actually winning the map that you got from BF2 with its destrucable objectives (arty, scan, etc) wheras now, the games just seem to arbitrarily end.
Agree. Something feels uninspiring about capping a point with a flag. Let us destroy bridges and relay dishes, or hit their logistics. Tangible objectives that give the battle meaning and context.
Major improvements since launch, an understatement for sure. I do hope the black screen issue gets fixed soon, though. It happens to me most often when a game ends, and I'm trying to go back to the menu/matchmaking screen.
This has been in the game almost since launch I believe? also in previous battlefields I think. It's a joke. Happens to me on PC when I tab out to check my other monitor at the end of a game. Can't believe it hasn't been fixed!!
@@extantfellow46dozer is canc3r,Mckay is even more canc3r and Sundance had always been on a thin line of annoying or broken since launch. They should delete all specialists imo but people buy skins so eh..
My continuing issue with Battlefield games is that they don't want to support them long term. Every time a new BF game comes out, it has a zillion problems. By the time the next one is about to release, the previous one is finally in great shape… but now it's being abandoned. The idea of Portal was amazing to me, because I thought maybe this would be the "forever" version of the game. I really hope they eventually produce a version of the game with long-term support. Fortnite has shown that this is a something that can work and make a lot of money.
My current biggest issue with the game (besides the soullessness and lack of atmosphere) is that on console it constantly gives me the same 2 or 3 maps and doesn’t put any others on ever at all, worse is they’re the maps I like the least, and they’re always empty and I’m stuck waiting for people to join and if I leave to get a different map or full match it just puts me right back in it no matter what.
IMO, expanding Portal into a FTP model that slowly introduces old content into the new engine in the "expanded Battlefield Universe" would be a good play. Still not sure if BR is a good fit for Battlefield or not but I feel like it could be with urban, modern combat and plenty of destruction.
Agree. And longer TTK. Cause this is one of the mistakes of hazard zone. Fast TTK is fine in a respawn based mode. But in a BR or similar elimination type of game, it becomes very frustrating
battlefield always nailed the ATMOSPHERE of war. thats why we kept coming back. the sound, suppression, big flashy visuals, 64vs64.(lots of players) the levolution, the classes, the fact that we all where the same soldiers(sense of unison), the attention to detail. all help towards the ATMOSPHERE of war. with 2042 they really dropped the ball. it doesnt feel the same.
One thing I really like about 2042 is footstep sounds. I couldn't hear literally any footsteps in BF games before until this one. I can hear footsteps so clearly it feels so good.
@@kevram7901shhh don't reveal the tricks to the casuals it's already impossible to flank with the broken suppressors in this game...40m+ only coverage on an attachment that is supposed to be used in hardcore cqc😂😂😂
@tileux Footstep sounds are great in 2042 but they're only loudest when sprinting. If running or especially walking they're much quieter. Basically sacrifice mobility for quietness which is a nice thing to have and hope it transfers to the next game. Guns and other things like some explosives do need better audio tho (the exception is anti tank mines those fuckers are powerful sounding af)
I remember one of the devs in an interview said that there was going to be 12 gauge frag rounds in 2042 but why only on portal? They should bring them to all shotguns. Also bring the spaz12 and the M1014 from bf3 to 2042 as unlock-able guns
Oh man that closing and not loading was driving me nuts. I swear half the time I feel like Im taking crazy pills as it’ll close out the second I look away, then I doubt if I even started the game.
It doesn't feel like it's been that long honestly, but i enjoyed the game from the start despite some things. After I got used to it and got better it got more enjoyable. I still have an issue where i load up the game and it just stays at that loading screen and doesn't connect to online services, I gotta restart for it to then load . Overall its much better now and more enjoyable.
This game made such a turnaround. It's definitely not the best BF game but it's damn fun as a sandbox shooter. If only Activision could take accountability like Dice did and CoD could do the same thing.
As bad as CoD can be, they still have never released a game anywhere near as bad as 2042. It's taken 2 years for this game to feel about half as good as what we expect from Dice.
What turnaround exactly? It doesn’t have any actual good player engagement, the only engagement has come from free periods or momentary short gamepass inflation. It’s on its way out and not many will remember it fondly aside from those hellbent on being contrarians for the sake of being contrarian.
@@godsstrongestschizo And the price tag is still insane, for a multiplayer game with no offline functions and no story. I think more of us have deeper connections with BF3, BF4 and BF1 than 2042. In fact, I'll head back to play BF4 again
Crazy I loved battlefield but I never thought about playing this,,, I just miss the the atmosphere that bf1 and bf5 had they weren’t perfect but the pacing was perfect to me.
The black screen bug has been in the game since the beta. And they have been aware of it and there is an ancient EA forum thread where an EA employee confirms the Battlefield team are investigating the issue. Apparently they are still investigating two years later.
@@InstaMealGaming The issue was kind of suppressed for a while, so it occured less, but had not been fully fixed. And after the 6.0 update it started to happen almost every other match. But there definitely were times before, when the client had to be restarted after almost every single match. But the weird thing is it has never been consistent and not everyone has been affected at the same time.
You know, for all the things this game got wrong - I have been playing it a lot recently. The matchmaking is not brutal, I feel like I can just game without sweating my ass off, the maps are passable, and the gunplay and teamplay is awesome. While there is much to be desired, as far as a large scale multiplayer fps offering goes its pretty fun. Hopefully they learn and nail the next BF game, although I have severe doubts lol
Feel the same, although I'm not sure if that speaks more to what Dice is doing well, or what other games are doing worse. FPS games like Halo & COD can be so infuriating to play nowadays, but BF is always a fun time in 2023
I uninstalled it a while back. My biggest issue at launch was that it was no wear near finshed AND that they removed classes for a whole new type of game. No matter how much work they do to revive it. Playing the game will show devs they can charge fans full price on launch and spend 2 years fixing it. Staying away is like my silent protest that you deliver for fans on launch in the future. A shame but I'm not pre-order the next one after this experience. I'll wait for the launch reviews, and they better not remove classes again.
The finals was a nice breath of fresh air. It really brought me back to BFBC2 The destruction and sound design is insane and crisp. I can't wait for the full release
Even through the bugs, I still love BF 2042 its come a long way indeed, and I agree with Jack 5:09 if BF should take a page out of cod, they should bring back some more fan maps and port them in bf 2042, that would be awesome!
This game, just destroyed BF, really dont understand why people say now its not that bad? This is just the biggest reason AAA games just sux... people still buy it and play it... No standards anymore
I took like a year off from the game when I deployed last year, came back to it and was surprised it wasn’t that much better than the original state. After many patches from last year to now, it’s gotten better. My only complaints are the team match making where one team is full of new, lower level players and the other have high ranking, experience players; my other complaint is spawning, I’d say a third of my deaths are just poor spawning. I even spawned in front of a claymore a few times. Also: can’t seem to finish matches without being booted; only happens on this game.
Important to note, the player count is coming from Chinese players or other eastern countries. The peaks are at odd hours in the day and when it’s around 12 or 1 here it’s only 16k if I recall correctly. Same story with battlefield 5
I didn’t know the presence Chinese and eastern players should be declared as if they’re skewing the data. They’re players like everyone else, they’re just not centered in your time zone
I indeed still play this game. Hoping for more content while we wait for the next game. I actually really like 2042, it's really turned out alright and provides for some fun gameplay time. That's what matters most to me, is that I can enjoy the game.
Kinda like how the BF4 timeline worked out. Took them year and a half to make it even playble and then they kept polishing it until the end of support. And now BF4 is regarded as one of the best BF games ever.
@@kekkonenprkl BF4 was playable 6 months after release and had a good foundation from the beginning. 2042 was 'fixed' after two years and still feels like the scrapped BR mode that is was built from
@@Courtesyflush52 CTE was first launched 7 months after the release of BF4. At the time the game was a broken mess. So no, the game was not fixed in half a year, they had not even started testing the major fixes required at that point. The first netcode patches were released on the live client in the summer of 2014 and the last major technical issues were fixed by the end of 2014. That's over a year already. They also fixed core gameplay stuff all the way through summer 2014 till spring 2015. Yeah, the game had a "good foundation", because they kept pumping in those fully loaded DLCs even when the base game wasn't ready, so the game was packed in terms of content. In reality the spring 2015 state of the game should have been the state of the game at release. Summer and fall 2015 they started to release those free "sorry we messed up" DLCs in the game.
Bought it a month ago on sale and I feel bad for any loyal fan that bought this game at launch. It is still riddled with bugs and I wish I could have returned it but I was too far in by the time I realized. If this is it coming a long way, just wow. It will be a long long time till I buy another bf game at launch after the state I see this game in.
Yeah random bullet deviation was awesome. Automatic fire improving accuracy whilst tap fire killed accuracy was awesome. Not being able to create your own load outs was awesome. Skill trees awesome. Drip fed content awesome.
I've had that blackscreen bug on PC like every other match. It makes playing multiple rounds super annoying since I have to restart so often. Hope they fix it
This game broke me. After spending $60 on release I couldn’t believe my eyes with out bad it was in every way. I deleted the game the next day and have zero desire to touch it again. I will never buy a game on release again, except GTA6
Despite 2042, I still see a lot of hope for BF. The BF community is very different from the COD community. Criticism penetrates much better and is much more noticeable because we are a small community compared to COD. After BF5 and especially after 2042, DICE and EA can no longer afford to completely fail again. If they do that again, BF will have a huge problem. I want Battlefield to just remain Battlefield and not try to be like the competition.😢
I have that issue where the game wont launch either. we also need a proper server browser, no matching making that splits everyone up every match. It's incredibly annoying getting more than 4 people into the same game, just to have them split up after the game and then the second squad needs to join off the first squad again which ends up putting them in queue 99% of the time. this is the number 1 reason my group doesn't play this game. We might play 1 or 2 matches and then everyone gets tired of trying to get into the same game.
I love the game. Play it everyday , I’m retired , ( yes old guys play video games) I enjoy the maps currently however some earlier map features would be nice. Stopped playing war zone since the new release. Great content as always Jack. Been watching you from your early days. Love the Scottish mates video with the RPG Motorcycle jump challenge. It’s a classic.
I recently bought the game for 10 bucks. Had some fun sniping and playing quick conquest matches... Im glad I waited so long though because I did have to restart the game every time a match was over and I forgot to cancel into the main menu instead of pressing continue due to that blackscreen bug you mentioned. I think the map variety is a bit on the low side for a 2 year old game, but then again, I dont regret 10 bucks for some casual fun.
When i got the game at launch I was left feeling like lost money rather then spending money on a game. It was almost unplayable. here we are 2 years later and after a week of playing Im definitely enjoying it. it definitely more complex then BFV with gadgets etc but it gives me vibes of the chaos of some of the BF3/4 maps and then the futuristic nature of BF2142 "god i miss that one". 128 players is just mental too.
I just picked up playing it again. First time in a year, first time playing it on PC. It would be a shame not to have more seasons. I'm in love with the realism and advanced graphics in comparison to Warzone.
They spent those 2 years mostly trying make the base maps somewhat more viable and fixing bugs, so basically 2 years in beta. Was hoping portal would have been the saving grace of this game, but they’ve barely done anything with it
The other problem with portal is simply the community not utilizing it. No one makes servers with interesting game modes anymore. I remember a popular mode early on where you'd have 8-12 players on a 128 player map, snipers only, and the longer distance your kills were the more points you'd get. No one hosts servers with interesting game modes like that anymore and all there is is XP grind and hardcore CQ servers.
@@JonnyCrackers honestly all I want out of portal is BF3 characters an vehicles, all the maps in rotation, and BF3 and 2042 weapons thrown into the mix. If they would just capitalize on Portal and throw in remastered maps and factions from all the games, the community could really make its own fun. Not the best answer but it’s where we’re at right now
I feel like battlefield is getting less and less realistic to compete with cod and that's what made battlefield better it was more realistic they weren't magical bullets that never dropped off and stuff like that
Problem is, casuals and wannabe streamer pros don't like realism. They just want a sanitized shootey game, where they click a button that makes the red enemy marker disappear and 100xp show up on their screen. They tried to give us large maps with 128 players, but everyone complained it was too realistic, so now you can bet the next game will have a bunch of Metro/Locker 3 lane maps.
I live in Australia and while the game is stil active the population will eventually decline to barely playable levels. I am grateful for the bots because they make matches happen until it does fill up and I wish they would make a conquest map launch with only one person and bots and others can fill in because some during some times theres not enough players required. I also wish they would do this for past battlfields because although its possible its not a lot of the time where I can play multiplayer matches.
I played at launch and never touched until a month ago. Its definitely a lot better than it was two years ago but i feel like it still has a ways to go before it becomes a daily play.
I think they should make a separate BF game and call it Battlefield Portal maybe free to play and have it supported indefinitely and have the different eras and customization. But still make mainline BF titles. I think that would be the best thing for Portal. Have the eras/styles: BF1(WWI), BFV(WWII), BF3/BF4(Modern), Hardline(Cops & Robbers), and of coarse Battlefield 2042(Future). I think that would be amazing. I love Battlefield and I think they should make Portal it’s own beast of a Battlefield game. Don’t do portal in the next game. For it to be any good it has to be its own entity. It’s the only way for it to be done properly. Please.. DICE!!
I am still bummed that the Eastern Front for BFV was cut short for BF2042. I still can't believe this game missed the one and only faction that employed regularly women on the front.
@@not_your_business666 Gameplay-wise for sure, and if they kept the narrative more historically accurate BFV could've been the peak of the franchise. So much wasted potential
With all these new names appearing in game oz, wolff, maria, doctor etc, i can only assume these are either new specialists or lore for this so called expanded universe..... i still loath seeing the same characters in game, sure there is skins, but jeez Dice .. scrap this specialist mechanic, give us random nobody soldiers fighting on a battlefield without the lame characters. The tone was so off they had to remove the cheesy one liners like 'angel does it again'.
Still to this day, it doesn't even LOOK like a BF game to me. Why is it so colourful and saturated? Why does everything look like a toy? Where are the small details throughout the map? I'm blown away at how far away they were from the mark after 2 decades of killers. I am still so disappointed as a life long BF fan..
@@not_your_business666lmfao is what way was it “watered down”? You know what was watered down? Battlefield 4 which was an inferior reskin of battlefield 3. Bf1 an immersion was literally peak battlefield period and the gameplay aside from bullet deviation is arguably the best fit for battlefield. Battlefield 5 has objectively the best gameplay period but bf1 was amazing
BF1 without the random bullet deviation, with the ammo/health stations from BFV (since no-one played support), more guns and not just 32 variations of one gun for each class and it would be unreal.
Their desperate to earn a bit of money back they put in? Its not that strange... How did they dare to release this game in the state it was?!?! Seems most just forgot about it, and put allot of money in it...
After the damage dealt to the brand with BF2042s release can you imagine how much worse it would be if they walked away? I personally believe they did all the work to BF2042 just to give the next BF release a bit of a fighting chance.
How do you like the tornados? I really don’t like them and right from the start it felt like a very unnecessary feature since they couldn’t even get the very basics correctly.
Black screen bug with background music has been in the game since day one and it's happening to me pretty much after every match, no matter what game mode it is
2 years old, still in Early Access. If you have the Steam version you have to Verify integrity of game files" after every update or the game won't load after the splash screen.
Two years ago I still had hearing loss but I could at least hear the background music and more low-mid dB range sound effects in the game. Plus your voice was louder and clearer and I heard more like, for lack of a better way to phrase it , you punctuation of words and sentence structures were more understandable to me. Man I didnt even have the luxury of losing my hearing in a good ol fashioned war like this. Such a shame they canceled the gme basically though,.
- Blackscreen issue I've had since launch but it's now more common. Basically when you leave a game after EOR game breaks, gotta Alt+F4. - The game starting and after the anti-cheat loads, it exits I've had for a good while too. Usually when I launch the game without launching EA play first. - I've also been getting this one bug recently where it stops loading high res textures, then models and then the game crashes on EOR. I've been having more gamebreaking stuff now than a year or 2 ago tho lmao.
It feels pretty good on PS5 now. I play a game or two almost every day. Sometimes I just do bot lobbies and wreck everything with a helicopter and that's a lot of fun for me still. I still would have liked to see what they had planned for a campaign but I guess we'll never know the story of the No-Pats. There's probably some lore I haven't read but I would rather just have a campaign.
I was one of those weirdeos who really enoyed 2042 at launch, I knew it wasn't perfect, it didn't have the atmosphere ect. but I have a blast. I remember the first time playing, it was a 128 person game and seeing all the infantry run out, the tanks rolling out, jets and copters overhead, it felt really epic. Portal not getting much support doesn't surprise me, when they first announced it I remember thinking it was going to be nothing but XP farms and low and behold... that's what a lot of the servers I saw at launch where, and still are today. I really enjoy it as a solo player, just set up a PVE round and have fun playing some classic BF3 Rush or whatever. I hope it's around next game but tweaked so it's used for how it was intended and not just bot/xp farms.
Compared to older BF titles, 2042 is a let down. BF3 alone had within 1,5 years after it's release, 20 new maps through DLC's, new vehicles, +20 new weapons, new game modes, etc. And what does 2042 have after 2 years? 6 new maps, a couple new weapons and re-cycled Maps from BF3, Bad Company 2 and BF1942.. :/
Jack, about the black screen issue... if you run the game in windowed mode, it will fix your issue. after you're in the game, you can change it to full screen
If you could put ANY Battlefield map in this game, what would it be? 🤔
Operation Metro
Any of the ones from 4
Some new maps tbh like 8 maps at least
Sieg of Shanghai
Operation locker i love meat grinders
Although the games in a much better state, I still struggle to get over how basically all the maps feel soulless. Next battlefield has to nail the atmosphere of whichever setting they choose
Yea. It's the worse part of the game. It is the worst collection of maps in BF history imo. They NEED to nail the maps I the next game
Basically the next Battlefield has to be Battlefield 1 but with a different setting.
is it because of the amount of bots in most servers?
I agree
It’s not about the bots. It’s how the maps in BF2042 doesn’t have the same levolution, destructions, and atmosphere compared to BF1 and BF V
Biggest thing I miss from launch was how you could drive the hovercraft up vertical walls😂
God I forgot about that
That was one of the funny glitches 😂
That was hilarious!!
that was soo fun! :D and with a buddy on the gun!
Suprising people at the top of skyscrapers with a hoverfraft was a lot of fun.
The maps and overall look of the game, just isn't it.
Bf4 will never be forgotten because of it's insanely amazing dynamics from sound to look to feel and let's not forget the immersion.
Don’t forget BF1 that game completely nailed the atmosphere and esthetic and has to be one best bfs i played and loved
And the “skins” and battlepass like, its so annoying seeing 30 of the same mfs running around
Reading this comment and watching the video here is crazy to me. BF4 was one of the best experiences. This looks like a first attempt.
Bf4 last great bf for me. liked bf1. but got bored of the weaponds fast
Bad company 2 was pretty special too
Black screens have happened to me since launch and they're still happening. This game is really weird. There's fun to be had, but at the same time I just hate many of the core things this game does.
its one of the more fun bf games out rn but it doesn't want you to play it lol
i actually like the black screens .... play a few matches and then screen goes black and i just turn it off , get back to regular life ,,,, if it didn't turn go black i'd playing a lot longer lol
The black screen can be fixed with user.cfg file. Mine and some of my friends have been fixed with it.
he's talking about the specific error, after you finish a multiplayer game or swap sides, it's only a recent issue...granted however I've had issues since launch also.
They've been a thing since BF1 if I remember correctly...
Might have fixed it in the meantime, and it's a new similar issue that popped up now... but... I remember such an issue in BF1
I still remember in October 2021, while I was studying at the University, how I received videos from my friends sending me edits of them having bugs and funny moments in battlefield 2042 (One of them went viral making a video of the "real trailer" of battlefield 2042) and God. How quickly time goes by, I almost didn't even realize that this game was two years old lol
i still remember 2 years ago i was hyped for a modern bf game only to be scammed by ea for the game they put out.
You're old now lls
@@Astelch well if you’re still looking for that, play it now lol 😂 games feeling great.
The franchise is like being in a domestic abuse relationship. It promises to be better, but ends up mentally and financially abusing you. It never apologises, just gaslights and pretends it’s you with the problem.
"loveletter to fans"
As someone who came from COD, I think we had it worse than from DICE LOL, but Battlefield is more enjoyable for me than COD lately, although I do agree with you.
Who hurt you Garry…who 😢
@@RLogan-sl7xl DICE and EA
@@GarryAndrews_ but we keep going back 🤣😂
I’ve tried to come back to BF 2042 several times since it came out, even talked my friends into checking it out time and time again after being burned so hard by the disastrous launch. Always gets stale after a couple of rounds, it just feels soulless compared to other BF titles, even BF V…
100% agree, I keep giving this game a go after each update, but it's still a poor game.
this made bfv look superior in every way immo
Should try looking through the portal servers. I mostly play rush/breakthrough but I only look for servers that are 128 players. Those servers are literally nothing but fun except playing rush on redacted. That’s the only poopy map on rush in my opinion.
The regular Dice servers aren’t that much fun compared to portal
Disastrous**
It truly is a soulless BF game, zero charm.. My story is the same as yours.. It is the most disappointing BF game of all time so far.
What I heavily miss is the destruction of buildings on the real BF style
Actually having great fun in this game now.
But it has its flaws, 400h in it made it clear as day that we need a server browser.
You have one tho (speaking for pc), for non dice hosted servers right?
As a massive battlefield fan I wholeheartedly regret even buying this game even with how far it’s come since launch
why?
@@Padlock_Steve the game still doesn’t really feel like battlefield to me. Between the operator special abilities and the lack of a massive load out
if you had game pass you wouldn't feel like that :0
it's the maps, they ALL suck, every single one of them in every mode. the only good maps are in portal.
@@Mampfie appaling take
Went back to BF1 again recently and god it was so bloody beautiful it just made me really sad to think how far BF has fallen. 2042 is such an insult to the series in every way.
Even the BF1 soundtrack just oozes epic and beautiful. I miss those days so bad.
BF1 it's the last good battlefield game.
It is currently the only Battlefield game that I play.
BF1 still sadly the last playable Battlefield
Loved BF1. Great atmosphere. 2042 has improved in a lot of ways but still doesn’t capture the glory of BF1 and some of the earlier titles
Free BF3 days are also missed
Would be nice if the enhance bf1 for current gen
With the news of the servers being shut down for the following BF games on December 8th, would love to see you make some videos on them.
- Bad Company
- 1943
- Bad Company 2
- Bad Company 2: Vietnam
Jack pls
No way dude, I want to be able to go back to bc2 one day D: and I’ve still NEVER played Vietnam!
Shutting down servers for BC2 should be considered a crime
I think that a relevant detail about the free weekend retaining a lot of players is that the game was on sale on steam specifically. Not on EA Client. So the platform that publicly reports their stats, got way more sales because they sold the game for 10€
It's not just that the free weekend wowed so many people ( some players it probably did) but also that a lot of people could finally bring themselves to buy the game now that it wouldn't sting as bad.
This is of course subject to my memory, so... I'm not infallible
That is correct
I still miss the sense of actually winning the map that you got from BF2 with its destrucable objectives (arty, scan, etc) wheras now, the games just seem to arbitrarily end.
Agree. Something feels uninspiring about capping a point with a flag. Let us destroy bridges and relay dishes, or hit their logistics. Tangible objectives that give the battle meaning and context.
Major improvements since launch, an understatement for sure. I do hope the black screen issue gets fixed soon, though. It happens to me most often when a game ends, and I'm trying to go back to the menu/matchmaking screen.
almost like they shat it out a year early so they got sales in sooner
It's happening to me
same
This has been in the game almost since launch I believe? also in previous battlefields I think. It's a joke. Happens to me on PC when I tab out to check my other monitor at the end of a game. Can't believe it hasn't been fixed!!
I want to play as regular infantry soldiers like the ai in portal mode. I would actually play this if they finally did that.
Even in Mordern Warfare 2019 you can play as a normal soldier, crazy how they haven't implemented it yet.
@@extantfellow46dozer is canc3r,Mckay is even more canc3r and Sundance had always been on a thin line of annoying or broken since launch.
They should delete all specialists imo but people buy skins so eh..
My continuing issue with Battlefield games is that they don't want to support them long term. Every time a new BF game comes out, it has a zillion problems. By the time the next one is about to release, the previous one is finally in great shape… but now it's being abandoned. The idea of Portal was amazing to me, because I thought maybe this would be the "forever" version of the game. I really hope they eventually produce a version of the game with long-term support. Fortnite has shown that this is a something that can work and make a lot of money.
My current biggest issue with the game (besides the soullessness and lack of atmosphere) is that on console it constantly gives me the same 2 or 3 maps and doesn’t put any others on ever at all, worse is they’re the maps I like the least, and they’re always empty and I’m stuck waiting for people to join and if I leave to get a different map or full match it just puts me right back in it no matter what.
Still having the same issues + early morning i just play Warzone because i could never find a lobby in bf2042
IMO, expanding Portal into a FTP model that slowly introduces old content into the new engine in the "expanded Battlefield Universe" would be a good play. Still not sure if BR is a good fit for Battlefield or not but I feel like it could be with urban, modern combat and plenty of destruction.
Agree. And longer TTK. Cause this is one of the mistakes of hazard zone. Fast TTK is fine in a respawn based mode. But in a BR or similar elimination type of game, it becomes very frustrating
Feels like the videos have had a lot less cuts recently, finding them much more enjoyable personally 😄
battlefield always nailed the ATMOSPHERE of war. thats why we kept coming back. the sound, suppression, big flashy visuals, 64vs64.(lots of players) the levolution, the classes, the fact that we all where the same soldiers(sense of unison), the attention to detail. all help towards the ATMOSPHERE of war. with 2042 they really dropped the ball. it doesnt feel the same.
It’s not the atmosphere of war it’s just immersion. Stop thinking it’s actually any sort of simulation of warfare
One thing I really like about 2042 is footstep sounds. I couldn't hear literally any footsteps in BF games before until this one. I can hear footsteps so clearly it feels so good.
Thats weird because a lot of the complaints when i was playing 2042 were the other way around.
War tapes
@@tileux Idk why. I actually feel like I can trust my ears to help me pinpoint enemies in 2042 better than other Battlefield games.
@@kevram7901shhh don't reveal the tricks to the casuals it's already impossible to flank with the broken suppressors in this game...40m+ only coverage on an attachment that is supposed to be used in hardcore cqc😂😂😂
@tileux Footstep sounds are great in 2042 but they're only loudest when sprinting. If running or especially walking they're much quieter. Basically sacrifice mobility for quietness which is a nice thing to have and hope it transfers to the next game. Guns and other things like some explosives do need better audio tho (the exception is anti tank mines those fuckers are powerful sounding af)
I remember one of the devs in an interview said that there was going to be 12 gauge frag rounds in 2042 but why only on portal? They should bring them to all shotguns. Also bring the spaz12 and the M1014 from bf3 to 2042 as unlock-able guns
Oh man that closing and not loading was driving me nuts. I swear half the time I feel like Im taking crazy pills as it’ll close out the second I look away, then I doubt if I even started the game.
It doesn't feel like it's been that long honestly, but i enjoyed the game from the start despite some things. After I got used to it and got better it got more enjoyable.
I still have an issue where i load up the game and it just stays at that loading screen and doesn't connect to online services, I gotta restart for it to then load .
Overall its much better now and more enjoyable.
lmfao
me toooooooooo
This game made such a turnaround. It's definitely not the best BF game but it's damn fun as a sandbox shooter. If only Activision could take accountability like Dice did and CoD could do the same thing.
As bad as CoD can be, they still have never released a game anywhere near as bad as 2042. It's taken 2 years for this game to feel about half as good as what we expect from Dice.
What turnaround exactly? It doesn’t have any actual good player engagement, the only engagement has come from free periods or momentary short gamepass inflation. It’s on its way out and not many will remember it fondly aside from those hellbent on being contrarians for the sake of being contrarian.
@@godsstrongestschizo And the price tag is still insane, for a multiplayer game with no offline functions and no story. I think more of us have deeper connections with BF3, BF4 and BF1 than 2042. In fact, I'll head back to play BF4 again
After the incredible turnaround, 2042 is the best of all the tremendous Battlefield games.
@@TJMGator not even close, 3 and 4 are leagues better.
I play on occasion with friends and it is fun. They should bring back as much of BF4 as they can lol
Crazy I loved battlefield but I never thought about playing this,,, I just miss the the atmosphere that bf1 and bf5 had they weren’t perfect but the pacing was perfect to me.
I would like to see 128 iwo jima conquest. I feel like that map was big enough to support it.
And open enough to get killed many times. 128 on that map is a big no. 64 was good
@@darrens3494 dying is part of war. No battle will ever be fought with 64 soldiers.
The black screen bug has been in the game since the beta. And they have been aware of it and there is an ancient EA forum thread where an EA employee confirms the Battlefield team are investigating the issue. Apparently they are still investigating two years later.
I have never run into that issue until the most recent season but maybe it is just more common now🤷♂
@@InstaMealGaming The issue was kind of suppressed for a while, so it occured less, but had not been fully fixed. And after the 6.0 update it started to happen almost every other match. But there definitely were times before, when the client had to be restarted after almost every single match. But the weird thing is it has never been consistent and not everyone has been affected at the same time.
You know, for all the things this game got wrong - I have been playing it a lot recently. The matchmaking is not brutal, I feel like I can just game without sweating my ass off, the maps are passable, and the gunplay and teamplay is awesome. While there is much to be desired, as far as a large scale multiplayer fps offering goes its pretty fun. Hopefully they learn and nail the next BF game, although I have severe doubts lol
Feel the same, although I'm not sure if that speaks more to what Dice is doing well, or what other games are doing worse. FPS games like Halo & COD can be so infuriating to play nowadays, but BF is always a fun time in 2023
I uninstalled it a while back. My biggest issue at launch was that it was no wear near finshed AND that they removed classes for a whole new type of game.
No matter how much work they do to revive it. Playing the game will show devs they can charge fans full price on launch and spend 2 years fixing it.
Staying away is like my silent protest that you deliver for fans on launch in the future. A shame but I'm not pre-order the next one after this experience. I'll wait for the launch reviews, and they better not remove classes again.
Team "MOVED TO THE FINALS" like the comment!
Bro even the developers moved to The Finals
@@is-fx732😂😂for real
The finals was a nice breath of fresh air. It really brought me back to BFBC2 The destruction and sound design is insane and crisp. I can't wait for the full release
Idk how long i can play the finals before getting bored tbh
I remember the same comment when Battlebit came out
Even through the bugs, I still love BF 2042 its come a long way indeed, and I agree with Jack 5:09 if BF should take a page out of cod, they should bring back some more fan maps and port them in bf 2042, that would be awesome!
This game, just destroyed BF, really dont understand why people say now its not that bad? This is just the biggest reason AAA games just sux... people still buy it and play it... No standards anymore
I took like a year off from the game when I deployed last year, came back to it and was surprised it wasn’t that much better than the original state. After many patches from last year to now, it’s gotten better. My only complaints are the team match making where one team is full of new, lower level players and the other have high ranking, experience players; my other complaint is spawning, I’d say a third of my deaths are just poor spawning. I even spawned in front of a claymore a few times.
Also: can’t seem to finish matches without being booted; only happens on this game.
Important to note, the player count is coming from Chinese players or other eastern countries. The peaks are at odd hours in the day and when it’s around 12 or 1 here it’s only 16k if I recall correctly. Same story with battlefield 5
Ok and. Isn’t it still important that more players have joined
This sounds like “source: trust me bro” lol
I have been monitoring the player count and peaks are in the morning
why is this important to note? except it is racist and why should we only count Western players... preferably white and rich i presume?
I didn’t know the presence Chinese and eastern players should be declared as if they’re skewing the data. They’re players like everyone else, they’re just not centered in your time zone
I indeed still play this game. Hoping for more content while we wait for the next game. I actually really like 2042, it's really turned out alright and provides for some fun gameplay time. That's what matters most to me, is that I can enjoy the game.
It’s finally in a release state. Two years later.
Kinda like how the BF4 timeline worked out. Took them year and a half to make it even playble and then they kept polishing it until the end of support. And now BF4 is regarded as one of the best BF games ever.
@@kekkonenprkl BF4 was playable 6 months after release and had a good foundation from the beginning. 2042 was 'fixed' after two years and still feels like the scrapped BR mode that is was built from
@@Courtesyflush52 CTE was first launched 7 months after the release of BF4. At the time the game was a broken mess. So no, the game was not fixed in half a year, they had not even started testing the major fixes required at that point. The first netcode patches were released on the live client in the summer of 2014 and the last major technical issues were fixed by the end of 2014. That's over a year already. They also fixed core gameplay stuff all the way through summer 2014 till spring 2015. Yeah, the game had a "good foundation", because they kept pumping in those fully loaded DLCs even when the base game wasn't ready, so the game was packed in terms of content. In reality the spring 2015 state of the game should have been the state of the game at release. Summer and fall 2015 they started to release those free "sorry we messed up" DLCs in the game.
BF4 was good with the 2.0 update, but that was like 8 months after release iirc.
@kekkonenprkl you on Dice's payroll, too?
And I regret buying it every day, unfortunately, but that’s just my opinion. Love the videos.
Bought it a month ago on sale and I feel bad for any loyal fan that bought this game at launch. It is still riddled with bugs and I wish I could have returned it but I was too far in by the time I realized. If this is it coming a long way, just wow. It will be a long long time till I buy another bf game at launch after the state I see this game in.
I member bf1. What an amazing experience
Yeah random bullet deviation was awesome.
Automatic fire improving accuracy whilst tap fire killed accuracy was awesome.
Not being able to create your own load outs was awesome.
Skill trees awesome.
Drip fed content awesome.
Bf3 and bf4 will still live forever in my heart. I jus love the maps
I've had that blackscreen bug on PC like every other match. It makes playing multiple rounds super annoying since I have to restart so often. Hope they fix it
Someone said to try clearing the cache. I get it every once in a while but haven't had it lately.
Portal could have made this a 5y bf title, but they chose to do absolutely nothing with it. Unfortunate.
Damn it really feels like the game came out a couple of months ago, maybe a year, BUT TWO? Ain’t no way…
This game broke me. After spending $60 on release I couldn’t believe my eyes with out bad it was in every way. I deleted the game the next day and have zero desire to touch it again. I will never buy a game on release again, except GTA6
It's on sale for $10 right now 😂😂😂
Despite 2042, I still see a lot of hope for BF. The BF community is very different from the COD community. Criticism penetrates much better and is much more noticeable because we are a small community compared to COD. After BF5 and especially after 2042, DICE and EA can no longer afford to completely fail again. If they do that again, BF will have a huge problem.
I want Battlefield to just remain Battlefield and not try to be like the competition.😢
2 years old ? Feels like 7. It doed after the first 3 months
Still havent touched 2042 since the beta as it just left such a sour taste
I doubt you are missing anything, no amount of tweaks and polish will fix fundamental game design flaws.
I have that issue where the game wont launch either. we also need a proper server browser, no matching making that splits everyone up every match. It's incredibly annoying getting more than 4 people into the same game, just to have them split up after the game and then the second squad needs to join off the first squad again which ends up putting them in queue 99% of the time. this is the number 1 reason my group doesn't play this game. We might play 1 or 2 matches and then everyone gets tired of trying to get into the same game.
I love the game. Play it everyday , I’m retired , ( yes old guys play video games) I enjoy the maps currently however some earlier map features would be nice. Stopped playing war zone since the new release. Great content as always Jack. Been watching you from your early days. Love the Scottish mates video with the RPG Motorcycle jump challenge. It’s a classic.
Ehrah
I recently bought the game for 10 bucks. Had some fun sniping and playing quick conquest matches... Im glad I waited so long though because I did have to restart the game every time a match was over and I forgot to cancel into the main menu instead of pressing continue due to that blackscreen bug you mentioned.
I think the map variety is a bit on the low side for a 2 year old game, but then again, I dont regret 10 bucks for some casual fun.
Have they fixed and finished the maps? That was personally the worst problem I had. The maps were terrible at launch.
All launch maps have been reworked
Those issues were touched on like since last year
Tried the hop on recently and get back into the game a bit, the black screen issue you mentioned killed any desire I had to play.
When i got the game at launch I was left feeling like lost money rather then spending money on a game. It was almost unplayable. here we are 2 years later and after a week of playing Im definitely enjoying it. it definitely more complex then BFV with gadgets etc but it gives me vibes of the chaos of some of the BF3/4 maps and then the futuristic nature of BF2142 "god i miss that one". 128 players is just mental too.
I just picked up playing it again. First time in a year, first time playing it on PC. It would be a shame not to have more seasons. I'm in love with the realism and advanced graphics in comparison to Warzone.
They spent those 2 years mostly trying make the base maps somewhat more viable and fixing bugs, so basically 2 years in beta. Was hoping portal would have been the saving grace of this game, but they’ve barely done anything with it
The other problem with portal is simply the community not utilizing it. No one makes servers with interesting game modes anymore. I remember a popular mode early on where you'd have 8-12 players on a 128 player map, snipers only, and the longer distance your kills were the more points you'd get. No one hosts servers with interesting game modes like that anymore and all there is is XP grind and hardcore CQ servers.
@@JonnyCrackers honestly all I want out of portal is BF3 characters an vehicles, all the maps in rotation, and BF3 and 2042 weapons thrown into the mix. If they would just capitalize on Portal and throw in remastered maps and factions from all the games, the community could really make its own fun. Not the best answer but it’s where we’re at right now
All I ever saw on portal servers was "XP farm" for the first 6 months after release, then I stopped playing...
Two years and it still hasn’t grabbed me. For my “battlefield needs” I play Enlisted.
I feel like battlefield is getting less and less realistic to compete with cod and that's what made battlefield better it was more realistic they weren't magical bullets that never dropped off and stuff like that
Problem is, casuals and wannabe streamer pros don't like realism. They just want a sanitized shootey game, where they click a button that makes the red enemy marker disappear and 100xp show up on their screen.
They tried to give us large maps with 128 players, but everyone complained it was too realistic, so now you can bet the next game will have a bunch of Metro/Locker 3 lane maps.
I live in Australia and while the game is stil active the population will eventually decline to barely playable levels. I am grateful for the bots because they make matches happen until it does fill up and I wish they would make a conquest map launch with only one person and bots and others can fill in because some during some times theres not enough players required. I also wish they would do this for past battlfields because although its possible its not a lot of the time where I can play multiplayer matches.
I played at launch and never touched until a month ago. Its definitely a lot better than it was two years ago but i feel like it still has a ways to go before it becomes a daily play.
2 years since I got scammed and lost 90 bucks. How time does fly.
jackfrags went from a good game reviewer to a sad dice employee .
He’s always been a simple optimist
Finish a game in 2042, load to a black screen. End task to launch game, rinse and repeat.
I think they should make a separate BF game and call it Battlefield Portal maybe free to play and have it supported indefinitely and have the different eras and customization. But still make mainline BF titles. I think that would be the best thing for Portal. Have the eras/styles: BF1(WWI), BFV(WWII), BF3/BF4(Modern), Hardline(Cops & Robbers), and of coarse Battlefield 2042(Future). I think that would be amazing. I love Battlefield and I think they should make Portal it’s own beast of a Battlefield game. Don’t do portal in the next game. For it to be any good it has to be its own entity. It’s the only way for it to be done properly. Please.. DICE!!
Agreed.
Leaving out BF2 for (Modern)
I am still bummed that the Eastern Front for BFV was cut short for BF2042.
I still can't believe this game missed the one and only faction that employed regularly women on the front.
Besides the lack of content and whacky art style decisions it was a solid BF game, way better than BF1 for sure.
@@not_your_business666 Gameplay-wise for sure, and if they kept the narrative more historically accurate BFV could've been the peak of the franchise. So much wasted potential
@@JackOfBlackPhoenix 💯
I don't mind the game now, but every time I play it I just think 'I could be playing Battlefield 1' , Its better in almost every way!
With all these new names appearing in game oz, wolff, maria, doctor etc, i can only assume these are either new specialists or lore for this so called expanded universe..... i still loath seeing the same characters in game, sure there is skins, but jeez Dice .. scrap this specialist mechanic, give us random nobody soldiers fighting on a battlefield without the lame characters.
The tone was so off they had to remove the cheesy one liners like 'angel does it again'.
Still to this day, it doesn't even LOOK like a BF game to me. Why is it so colourful and saturated? Why does everything look like a toy? Where are the small details throughout the map? I'm blown away at how far away they were from the mark after 2 decades of killers. I am still so disappointed as a life long BF fan..
Been enjoying it since your last BF2042 video. They've updated it a ton since it's rocky launch and put a lot of love into it. W to the devs.
Yeah, it still has some annoying bugs and features but it's actually a good BF game now.
2 years later and tanks still drive like inflatable pool toys
I bought this game at release and maybe put 45 minutes on it
🤷🏼♂️
I'm just waiting for The Finals to come out in december, you can tell it's made by old DICE devs from when BF was still fun.
Can't wait to see what Delta Force brings to the table. Maybe EA won't release Alpha state games for $120 with some good competition
BF1 was the peak. If they can reskin that game in a real modern setting I think this franchise has a chance at revival
That peak was a watered down BF experience seasoned with bunch of gimmick mechanics which don't belong to this franchise.
@@not_your_business666It had people talking about the game. Bf1 was king.
@@not_your_business666lmfao is what way was it “watered down”? You know what was watered down? Battlefield 4 which was an inferior reskin of battlefield 3. Bf1 an immersion was literally peak battlefield period and the gameplay aside from bullet deviation is arguably the best fit for battlefield. Battlefield 5 has objectively the best gameplay period but bf1 was amazing
@@not_your_business666 youre def new age bf player lul
BF1 without the random bullet deviation, with the ammo/health stations from BFV (since no-one played support), more guns and not just 32 variations of one gun for each class and it would be unreal.
I hate that TH-cam dislikes curses it's what made the platform so much better than tv
And after 2 years, it is still a no, jack.
It's kinda a yes now!
@@Samo_Adams Negative. Still a no based strictly on principle.
Love these videos! Really cannot believe its been 2 years
props to jack for singlehandedly keeping this ded azz game alive for 2 years
Considering most of his community shits on the game that’s definitely not true
Jacks u forgott in the title -”game is fixed now”😂 love your content bro, you should cover another game instead of Battlefailed tho
Game isn't perfect by any means but I have to salute DICE for not abandoning the game. They stuck with it and made it an enjoyable game to play.
Their desperate to earn a bit of money back they put in? Its not that strange... How did they dare to release this game in the state it was?!?! Seems most just forgot about it, and put allot of money in it...
After the damage dealt to the brand with BF2042s release can you imagine how much worse it would be if they walked away? I personally believe they did all the work to BF2042 just to give the next BF release a bit of a fighting chance.
How do you like the tornados? I really don’t like them and right from the start it felt like a very unnecessary feature since they couldn’t even get the very basics correctly.
Two years of Jack continuously trying to convince people that the game is FIX.
Black screen bug with background music has been in the game since day one and it's happening to me pretty much after every match, no matter what game mode it is
It will be 2042 by the time it is better than bf4
I still love BF1. Sounds design, chatter and atmosphere was amazing
All I want is a battlefield game set in the modern day with battlefield 1 atmosphere and sound design
@@mohamednail1707bf3 remaster w bf1 sound design and movement would be incredible. A no brainer for devs but they be dummiez.
@@MrB00mbang that sounds awesome as hell but I know EA and Dice gonna fuck up again
@@mohamednail1707 so many companies can’t not fuck up… it’s bewildering.
Time flies when you forget a game that dead to you
Wild we haven’t gotten a SINGLE PORTAL MAP YET
Portal should have been stand alone with all the maps from all the BFs
2 years.... Bro... Just bought it after 2 years... 12$.... Bf games use to be my day one buys...
2 years old, still in Early Access. If you have the Steam version you have to Verify integrity of game files" after every update or the game won't load after the splash screen.
Two years ago I still had hearing loss but I could at least hear the background music and more low-mid dB range sound effects in the game. Plus your voice was louder and clearer and I heard more like, for lack of a better way to phrase it , you punctuation of words and sentence structures were more understandable to me. Man I didnt even have the luxury of losing my hearing in a good ol fashioned war like this. Such a shame they canceled the gme basically though,.
- Blackscreen issue I've had since launch but it's now more common. Basically when you leave a game after EOR game breaks, gotta Alt+F4.
- The game starting and after the anti-cheat loads, it exits I've had for a good while too. Usually when I launch the game without launching EA play first.
- I've also been getting this one bug recently where it stops loading high res textures, then models and then the game crashes on EOR.
I've been having more gamebreaking stuff now than a year or 2 ago tho lmao.
It feels pretty good on PS5 now. I play a game or two almost every day. Sometimes I just do bot lobbies and wreck everything with a helicopter and that's a lot of fun for me still. I still would have liked to see what they had planned for a campaign but I guess we'll never know the story of the No-Pats. There's probably some lore I haven't read but I would rather just have a campaign.
I was one of those weirdeos who really enoyed 2042 at launch, I knew it wasn't perfect, it didn't have the atmosphere ect. but I have a blast. I remember the first time playing, it was a 128 person game and seeing all the infantry run out, the tanks rolling out, jets and copters overhead, it felt really epic.
Portal not getting much support doesn't surprise me, when they first announced it I remember thinking it was going to be nothing but XP farms and low and behold... that's what a lot of the servers I saw at launch where, and still are today. I really enjoy it as a solo player, just set up a PVE round and have fun playing some classic BF3 Rush or whatever. I hope it's around next game but tweaked so it's used for how it was intended and not just bot/xp farms.
Compared to older BF titles, 2042 is a let down. BF3 alone had within 1,5 years after it's release, 20 new maps through DLC's, new vehicles, +20 new weapons, new game modes, etc. And what does 2042 have after 2 years? 6 new maps, a couple new weapons and re-cycled Maps from BF3, Bad Company 2 and BF1942.. :/
Hey jack? Where would you rate this Bf now among the other games?
Jack, about the black screen issue... if you run the game in windowed mode, it will fix your issue. after you're in the game, you can change it to full screen
I still feels like a massive step backwards. I still can't stand the specialists.
2 yrs ago! I feel like we just quantum yeeted here from day of launch.